Publication Date:
2019-05-16
Description:
1. Introduction
Major explosive eruptions are among the most unpredictable and
serious natural hazards affecting human populations living near volcanoes,
in particular during the pre-industrial era, when the nature of
volcanism was not well understood. There has always been a fascination
with the devastating impacts of volcanic eruptions, which were
often attributed to actions of gods or demigods. Volcanoes were seen as
the home of gods, whether in the classical world of Greece and the early
Roman Empire, or in the Hawaiian and Māori mythologies in the Pacific
‘Ring of Fire’. In the Age of Enlightenment, such interest led to the early
development of volcanology as a branch of geology, with the first scientific
observatory - the Vesuvius Observatory - being founded in 1841
by Ferdinand II, king of the Two Sicilies.
Volcanological, geochemical and mineralogical...
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Published
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129-134
Description:
1V. Storia eruttiva
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5V. Processi eruttivi e post-eruttivi
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6V. Pericolosità vulcanica e contributi alla stima del rischio
Description:
JCR Journal
Keywords:
Distal Effects
;
Volcanic Eruptions
;
04.08. Volcanology
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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